Washing-machine.



PATENTED JUNE 18, 1907.

G. D. BURTON.

WASHING MACHINE.

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WASHING MACHINE.

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WASHlNG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented. June 18, 1907.

Application filed fl fl bfl 20,1905. Serial No. 288,173-

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Be it known that I, GEORGE D. BURTON, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus which may be used for various purposes such as washing, degreasing, cleansing, tanning, churning, etc, and consists in providing a tank or vat adapted to contain liquids in which a perforated revoluble receptacle is adapted to rotate, said vat being provided with two electrodes so arranged relative. to said revoluble receptacle as to cause the current of electricity passing from one to the other to pass diagonally across said vat through the liquids contained therein.

The invention consists further in providing said revoluble receptacle with one or more perforated artitions.

Of the (rawings: Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview. Fig. 2 represents a cross vertical section taken on line 22 on Fig. 3. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal longitudinal section of the principal parts taken on line 33 on Fig. 4, and Fig. 4 represents a vertical cross section taken on line 44 on Fig. 3.

Similar characters designate like arts throughout the several figures of the rawmgs.

The ap aratus consists of a stationary barrel-shaped tank 7 mounted upon castings or suitable supports 8 and 9. The casting or support 9 serves also as a frame for supporting the propelling gear which consists of a spur gear 10 mounted upon a shaft 11. The spur gear 10 engages with a pinion gear 12 mounted upon a shaft 13 which also acts asa shaft for the direct and reverse pulleys and the loose pulley 14, see Fig. 1.

The automatic reversing device in this construction is arranged to cause the rotating cylinder 17 to turn in one direction from two to eight rotations, more or less, and then reverse automatically and turn from two to eight times, more or less. The stationary tank 7 is made in two sections, the heads 15 and 16 being divided horizontally, (see Fig. 4) one-half of the staves being fastened to the lower sections of the head and the other half of the staves to the upper sections of the heads, so that the upper half of the tank m ay 51 be removed to allow of the placing in its position of the rotating cylinder 17, which has journals 18- 19 on which it turns. This'rotating cylinder has doors 20-21 and 0011' sponding openings for convcniencc in inscrt- 6c ing and removing the fabrics, material, ctc..

to be treated.

The fixed barrel-shaped tank 7 has a curved sliding door 22 having handlcs 23. In the drawings the door is represented as o )cn 6 but when the apparatus is in use it should be closed. The rotating cylinder is perforated as indicated at 24*24 and has at intervals projections 2525 which act as agitators and cause the contents of the cylindcr to be thoroughly acted upon by the cleansing fluid, as well as to be equally atl'ectcd by the clcctric currents passing from the electrodes 2ti 27 through the solution and the contents therein. 7

The electrodes 26-27 may be made of any suitable metal but they are preferably made of aluminium either nickel or silver plated as it has been found by experiment that aluminium thus plated works more advantageously and is more readily cleaned while at the same time it has the least effect upon the materials or substances being treated in this apparatus. These electrodes or plates 26 27 are detachably connected to the heads 15 and 16 by ways or slides 28*29, see Fig. 1, in which the electrodes'slide.

Bolts (one of which is shown at 30, Fig. 4) pass through the electrodes and through the heads of the tank and serve the double purpose of fasteners and as electric. connectors between the service wires w w and the said electrodes. Narrow openings 3l---32; Fig. 1 are made in the upper part of the tank for the insertion and withdrawal when dcsircd of the electrodes 2627. The end castings S-9 which support the tank 7 are conncctcd to each other by tie bolts the construction and arrangement of which are shown in Fig. 1. Each complete tic bolt consistsof the parts 3334 of metal and the part 35 of wood, or some" other non-conductor of clcctricity Set nuts are used to strain up these tie bolts.

Bands 37 and 38, see Fig. l, are

used for binding the parts of the stationary to;

tank firmly together and are provided with suitable fastemngs such as eye loops 39 and screw bolts 40 which engage \Vltll bosses 41- made on the end of castings 89, see Fig. l. 1 contain liquids, an electrode secured to the A switch 42 of ordinary construction is used for connecting the service lines W 'W with the apparatus.

The tank or vat may be filled with any suitable solution the nature of said solution varying with the substance or material to be treat-ed. In any case whatever the solution may be and whatever the use to which the apparatus may be put a direct current of electricity is usually used of from seventy-five to five hundred volts, more or less, and varying in amperage from two to two hundred, more or less, according to the size of the receptacle used and the quantity of material to be treated and the density of the solution. The voltage and amperage will also vary with the density of the solution. may be obtained from any suitable source. In the use of this apparatus for washing and cleansing it is often desirable that several lots of material may be treated at the same time and owing to a difference in ownership it is desirable that 'these lots should not become mixed. To this end the revolving receptacle is provided with a plurality of perforated partitions 43 separating the said receptacle into a plurality of compartments each with an independent door giving access thereto so that when the apparatus is used for certain purposes, such as washing, the articles belonging to one person may be located in one compartment 44 while those belonging to another may be located in another compartment 44. This is particuv larly advantageous when the apparatus, is used for cleansing purposes or dyeing. When these partitions 43 are used they are apt to interfere with the current of electricity passing from one electrode to the other when said electrodes are directly opposite each other. in order to overcome this objection and cause a thorough circulation of the c'urrent through the perforated revoluble receptacle the electrodes 26 27 are located diagonally opposite each other one at either end of the tank or vat so that the current passing from one to the other will pass diagonally through said receptacle and thoroughly treat the articles in each of the coinpartments therein. i

It is believed that from the foregoing the operation of this invention will be thoroughly understood without any further description. I I

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination of a tank adapted to contain liquids, a perforated revoluble receptacle therein, a perforated partition therein, and two electrodes so located within said tank as to cause a current of electricity to pass diagonally through said liquids.

l. The combination of a tank adapted to This direct current front inner face of one of the heads thereof, another electrode secured to the rear inner face of the other head, anda perforated re ceptacle revoluble in said tank between said electrodes.

3. The combination of a tank adapted to contain liquids, an electrode secured to the front inner face of one of the heads thereof, another electrode secured to the rear inner face of the other head, and a perforated cylindrical receptacae having perforatedpartitions therein revoluhle in said tank between said electrodes.

4. The combination of a tank adapted to contain liquids, an electrode secured to the front inner face of one of the heads thereof, another electrode secured. to the rear inner face of the other head, a perforated cylindrical receptacle having perforated partitions therein revoluble in said tank between said electrodes and forming a plurality of compartments, and a closure for each coinparti'nent.

5. The combination of a tank adapted to contain liquids, an electrode secured to the front inner face of one of the heads thereof, another electrode secured to the rear inner face of the other head, and a perforated cylindrical receptacle having perforated partitions therein revoluble in said tank between said electrodes, the heads and partitions in said cylinder having a plurality of perforations therein.

6. The combination of a tank adapted to contain liquids, a receptacle mounted. upon trunnions and revoluble in said. tank, perforated ends to said receptacle, perforated partitions within said receptacle dividing it into compartments, a closure for each coin-- partment, and an electrode within said tank at each end so located that a current of electricity will fiow through the liquids in said tank and receptacle diagonally from one to the other.

7. The combination of a tank adapted to contain liquids, a receptacle mounted upon trunnions and revoluble in said tank, perforated ends to said receptacle, perforated partitions within said receptacle dividing it into compartments, a closure for each conipartment, a plurality of inwardly extending projections secured to the innerface ofeach of said compartments, and an electrode within said tank at each end so located that a current of electricity will flow through the liquids in said tank and receptacle diagonally from one-'to the other. Y

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 18th d ay of October, 1905.

GEO. D. BU ITON.

Witnesses:

VVALTER E. LoMBARn, EDNA (l. CLEVELAND. 

